In Which the Author Hands Over the Reins

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Ganz

Date

February 12, 2025

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𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮 𝟬𝟯𝟴𝟲

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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/heyganz_%F0%9D%97%96%F0%9D%97%B5%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BA%F0%9D%97%AE-%F0%9D%9F%AC%F0%9D%9F%AF%F0%9D%9F%B4%F0%9D%9F%B2-%F0%9D%97%9C%F0%9D%97%BB-%F0%9D%97%AA%F0%9D%97%B5%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%97%B0%F0%9D%97%B5-%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%B5%F0%9D%97%B2-activity-7294633697599766530-LRrd/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAADLwNYBxmFMkMRq7GZFCj__NvvgRVpUKf4

After teaching 𝟯𝟭 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 (𝟮𝟯𝟬 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀), I’m officially announcing my retirement from teaching full-time in 2025. It’s time to step back and make space for a new generation of instructors to take the reins, they are 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗮𝗺.

This doesn’t mean I’m going anywhere. After teaching VFX and compositing to students from six continents continuously for 15 years in Vancouver, I felt it was time to move on to a 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 at Alpha Chromatica. It’s a huge undertaking, and I’ll need to dedicate all my attention to it. 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀.

For now, I’m excited to announce our 𝟲𝘁𝗵 & 𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲:

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 : May 12, 2025

𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 : The one and only Andrew Zeller (Co-Founder, Alpha Chromatica)

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗲 : Vancouver

🚨 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 4 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵!

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 : September 15, 2025

𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 : A Senior Compositor (Former Student of Andrew and Ganz)

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗲 : Singapore / Malaysia / Hong Kong / Taipei / Perth / Beijing / Manila / Shanghai

🌏 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵-𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢-𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯!

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮-𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰, 𝘄𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱!

For those of you who couldn’t take our program due to timezone differences, 𝘄𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿!

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲:

10:30 AM in Singapore = 8:00 AM in India = 11:30 AM in Japan & South Korea

𝗗𝗠 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁!

P.S. A new showreel is 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁.